Adena baseball 3, Westfall 2, 8 inn.

If it's a cliché to say "the third time is a charm," then so is "you can say that again."

That's the way Warrior assistant coach Greg Storts tried to explain his thoughts after Adena played the Mustangs for the third time. After beating Paint Valley for the first time in three tries Wednesday, the Warriors got the better of Westfall to win a Division III sectional title.

"We played Adena baseball today," Storts said. "We pitched, played defense and executed at the plate. Coach Free and I are so proud of these young men."

The Warriors will play Crooksville in a district semifinal at 7 p.m. Friday against Crooksville at V.A. Memorial Stadium.

Almost as if replaying Wednesday's semifinal, Adena scored first with a single run in the top of the first. It forced the Mustangs to play catch-up, which they did by scoring a run in the bottom of the fifth. Reid Meyers, who was responsible for the Warrior first-inning running, put Adena back on top in the sixth with a two-out RBI single to score Eli Kunkle.

Westfall's Daryin Lewis tied the game at 2 with a sacrifice fly, scoring AJ Kazmierczak. The Warriors' Cade Harper executed a perfect suicide squeeze that scored Shad Dailey in the eighth. Ethan Sheppard shut the door on the Mustangs in the bottom half to seal the win. Meyers finished 2-for-4, and Kunkle scored two runs.

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Adena baseball 3, Westfall 2, 8 inn.

If it's a cliché to say 'the third time is a charm,' then so is 'you can say that again.'